Collection receptacle



April 1941- J. MACZALUSO 2,237,836

COLLECTION RECEPTACLE Filed May 27, 1939 Inventor Patented Apr. 8, 1941UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLECTION RECEPTACLE Joseph Macaluso,Baltimore, Md.

Application May 27, 1939, Serial No. 276,153

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a collection receptacle especially constructedfor receiving floor sweepings and is convenient to use for householdpurposes, barber shops, stores and any other place where it is neededand is extremely easyand convenient to gather sweepings in. Theinvention has for the primary object the provision of a device of thischaracter which may be readily brought to rest on a floor to have thesweepings swept therein and when lifted from the floor automaticallybecomes closed to prevent loss of the sweepings and may be safely andconveniently carried in a closed condition from one place to another.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view illustrating a collection receptacle in carryingposition.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view illustrating the device in acarrying position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating the device atrest on a floor ready to receive floor sweepings.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line -i--4 of Figure 3.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral ii indicates areceptacle of any selected shape preferably of oblong form as shown inthe drawing and has one end fully open and hinged to said fully open endis a-closure wall 6. The hinge for the closure wall on the receptacle isindicated by the character 1. When the receptacle is rested on the floorupon its bottom wall as shown in Figure 3, the closure wall may assume aposition of opening the receptacle and rests on the floor so thatsweepings may be readily swept thereover' into the receptacle. Theclosure wall has end flanges ii which act as guides for directing thesweepings over the closure wall into the receptacle and are adapted tomove into the receptacle on the closure wall assuming a position toclose the open end of the receptacle.

A ball or handle 9 is pivoted on opposite sides of the receptacleadjacent the open end of the latter and has an offset portion to form ahand grip ill. The pivots for the bail are indicated by the character Hwith ends of the bail extending beyond the pivots to form extensions I2to which are pivoted links IS. The links 13 are in turn pivoted on theflanges 8, as shown at 14. When the receptacle is lifted from a positionresting on the floor as shown in Figure 3 the bail moves over the openend of the receptacle which brings about hinging movement of the closurewall in a position of closing the open end of the receptacle,consequently preventing the sweepings from escaping from the receptacle.When the receptacle is brought to rest on the bottom wall on the floorthe bail moves over the top wall and the closure wall 6 assumes aposition paralleling the bottom wall resting upon the floor so thatsweepings may be readily swept thereover into the receptacle.

Inwardly of the open end of the receptacle and upon the bottom wallthereof is an upstanding flange It, the purpose of which is to check anysweepings that are swept into the receptacle from falling out of thereceptacle when the latter is in a position of having sweepings swepttherein.

While the device described heretofore in detail and clearly shown in thedrawing can be used for many purposes for gathering sweepings it isespecially useful in barber shops where the floor has to be frequentlyswept to remove hair cuttings and other foreign matter therefrom. Thisdevice may be readily brought to rest on the floor in a position forreceiving the sweepings and when lifted will assume a closed position toprevent the sweepings or the hair thereof from flying about,consequently permitting the barber shop to be kept in a more sanitarycondition.

It is believed that the foregoing description when taken in connectionwith the drawing will fully set forth the construction and advantages ofthis invention to those skilled in the art to which such a devicerelates, so that further detailed description will not be required.

What I claim is:

A collection device comprising an oblong shaped receptacle having afully open end and including a single end wall on which the receptaclemay rest when in a non-dirt-collecting position and a bottom wall onwhich the receptacle may rest when in a dirt-collecting position, aclosure plate hinged on the bottom wall at the open end of thereceptacle and adapted to assume a position substantially in alignmentwith the bottom wall when said receptacle is placed in a dirt-collectingposition to act as a ramp over which dirt may be swept into the open endof the receptacle, side flanges on said closure plate to aid in guidingthe dirt into the receptacle, a check plate in the receptacle andsecured on the bottom wall adjacent the open end of said receptacle andinclining towards the closed end of said receptacle, a

ceptacle when the latter is carried by the handle and to swing theclosure plate into ramp acting position when the handle moves into aposition of resting the receptacle on the bottom wall thereof, saidhandle and links being positioned entirely outwardly of the receptaclein all positions thereof to prevent interfering with dirt moving intothe receptacle.

JOSEPH MACALUSO.

